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KENNITH WALKER TAPSCOTT
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
November 9, 1945 – August 6, 1970
Service recordKennith Walker Tapscott, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 6, 1970, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Born
- November 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 89
- LLOYD ALBERT MURPHYSenior Chief Petty Officer · August 6, 1970
- WILLIAM CHARLES PRCHLIKPetty Officer Second Class · August 6, 1970
- RONALD EARL SAMUELSONPrivate First Class · August 6, 1970
- WILLIAM FREDERICK SHAW JRSergeant · August 6, 1970
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.